(this section will remain long, out of necessity... feel free to
skip it)

Books: Ender's Game (and the rest of Card's work), The Lord of the
Rings series (despite a slight distaste for writing style in those
novels), Death Gate Cycle, RA Salvatore series, Wizard's First
Rule, recently Song of Ice and Fire, and I'm sure I've missed a
couple

Movies: I miss the Matrix, it was great for its time. Serenity was
good. Recently enjoyed Limitless as well. Add Cloud Atlas to this
list.

Shows: Dr. Who - I resisted watching it for a long while, but it
really is pretty damn good. Prison Break. How I Met Your Mother.
Firefly. Dollhouse. Just about any Joss Whedon. Various goofy
cop/buddy semi-comedy dramas *shrug*.